Naija News: Top Nigerian Newspaper Headlines For Today, Monday, 10th June, 2024

Naija News: Top Nigerian Newspaper Headlines For Today, Monday, 10th June, 2024

1. The pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, could potentially decrease to around N300 per litre with the onset of large-scale production by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and other local producers. This was stated by the operators of modular refineries on Sunday.

   The Crude Oil Refinery Owners Association of Nigeria (CORAN), a registered body of modular and conventional refinery companies, emphasized that achieving this price drop hinges on the government’s provision of adequate crude oil to local refiners. They noted that foreign refineries are significantly profiting at Nigeria’s expense.

2. Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has claimed that he played a crucial role in saving President Bola Tinubu’s political career.

   In a statement through his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, Atiku responded to the belief that Tinubu had come to his aid during his conflict with former President Olusegun Obasanjo, which led to Atiku running for president under the defunct Action Congress (AC) in 2007.

3. President Bola Tinubu has appointed Dr. Nkiruka Maduekwe as the interim Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC), pending her confirmation by the NCCC Supervisory Council.

   The announcement was made by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, on Sunday. This decision aligns with the President’s commitment to actualizing Nigeria’s green industrial vision, enhancing investor confidence, and unlocking sustainable economic value through various climate finance instruments.

4. A group of human rights activists has filed a lawsuit against the Benue State Government, contesting the recently enacted Public Order Bill. This legal challenge, brought before the High Court in Makurdi, disputes the law signed by Governor Hyacinth Alia on May 25, 2024.

   The contentious legislation, which prohibits hawking at public events after 10 PM, has stirred significant public outcry. The plaintiffs, Bemgba Iortyom and Adebayo Ogorry, assert that the law infringes on fundamental citizen rights and represents a “reign of dictatorship” that must be stopped.

5. Suspected gunmen have killed eleven people in border communities within the Wukari Local Government Area, bordering Taraba and Benue states. The attack, which also resulted in the destruction of houses and properties worth millions of naira, occurred in the communities of Apiirgwa and Deke, located in Kente Ward in the southern part of Wukari.

   A community leader from Adeke, Tsavyaa Adeke, told our correspondent that the attackers invaded Apiirgwa en masse in the early hours of Saturday around 5:00 AM, while the victims were still asleep, and began shooting sporadically.

6. Peter Obi, the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, stated on Saturday that the recent general election was plagued with fraud and widespread irregularities. Obi highlighted that despite significant financial expenditure, the election faced numerous glitches.

   In a series of posts on X, Obi wrote: “Nigeria’s 2023 election, with less than 30% voter turnout, over 60% of the polling stations starting late, and no diaspora voting, was plagued by allegations of fraud and widespread irregularities, all forms of glitches, despite an enormous expenditure of about a billion dollars (direct allocation of ₦313 billion and donor agencies’ support).

7. Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has accused the previous administration led by Abdullahi Ganduje of neglecting the education sector.

   Speaking on Saturday while declaring a state of emergency on education in Kano, Governor Yusuf alleged that Ganduje’s administration sold some public schools and converted others into private shops.

8. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 2023 presidential candidate, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has berated current Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, for claiming that he (Atiku) benefitted from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s goodwill.

   Recall that Shettima had claimed that Atiku ran to Tinubu for help when he was chased out of his party.

9. The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi has called on the Federal Government to put an end to the killing spree in the country.

   Obi stated this while reacting to the gruesome murder of seven mobile police officers by armed bandits in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State.

10. A former Minister of Information, Chief Edwin Clark, has disclosed that prominent figures such as former President Goodluck Jonathan and former Rivers State Governors, Peter Odili and Rotimi Amaechi, who were instrumental in Nyesom Wike’s political ascent, are no longer on speaking terms with the current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

    Clark made these assertions in an open letter addressed to Rivers politician, Senator George Sekibo, on Sunday.